Alignment as the Basis for Successful Communication

@article{pickering2006abs, abstract = {Pickering and Garrod (2004) argued that alignment is the basis of successful communication in dialogue. In other words, successful communication goes hand-in-hand with the development of similar representations in the interlocutors. But what exactly does this mean? In this paper, we attempt to define alignment, contrasting alignment of situation models with alignment of linguistic representations. We then speculate on how these notions are related and why they lead to conversational success}, author = {Pickering, M. J. and Garrod, S. }, citeulike-article-id = {1032149}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11168-006-9004-0}, journal = {Research on Language \& Computation}, keywords = {\_d\_, \_d\_common-coding, alignment, communication, coordination, intersubjectivity}, number = {2}, pages = {203--228}, posted-at = {2007-01-09 20:34:03}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Alignment as the Basis for Successful Communication}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11168-006-9004-0}, volume = {4}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - pickering2006abs L3 - citeulike-article-id:1032149 N2 - Pickering and Garrod (2004) argued that alignment is the basis of successful communication in dialogue. In other words, successful communication goes hand-in-hand with the development of similar representations in the interlocutors. But what exactly does this mean? In this paper, we attempt to define alignment, contrasting alignment of situation models with alignment of linguistic representations. We then speculate on how these notions are related and why they lead to conversational success IS - 2 JF - Research on Language & Computation EP - 228 TI - Alignment as the Basis for Successful Communication PB - Springer VL - 4 SP - 203 KW - _d_ KW - _d_common-coding KW - alignment KW - communication KW - coordination KW - intersubjectivity AU - Pickering, MJ AU - Garrod, S PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11168-006-9004-0 ER -